I felt my childhood was left on the plane to the United States when my baby cousins returned home. It was a really _______ moment for me.

During their stay in China, they had not only brought back the happy days of my childhood, but also helped me _______ from an at-times selfish teenager into a reliable grown-up.

Three years ago, my aunt and uncle moved here from Boston with their 1-year-old daughter Yasmeen and _______ an apartment close to our house. We were pretty _______ to have our family, especially a baby girl, so close to us. Yasmeen had close friendships with each of my sisters, but I knew the one that _______ between us was the strongest. As she began to walk on her own and talk in full _______, I realized my great _______ on her. I noticed that she’d _______ some of my unpleasant actions, _______ with her mother as I had done the same. Yasmeen made me realize what a good ________ should be.

When Maya was born, Yasmeen had a hard time ________ her younger sister. She was jealous(忌妒) of the attention we all paid to the little baby, so I did my best to keep her company when she felt ________. Once Yasmeen got over her jealousy, she was able to ________ Maya’s presence, like we all did. I tried my best to change my ________ in order to spend more time with my little cousins.

My ________ with Yasmeen and Maya has taught me the importance of being a good example.________ I helped my little cousins in a way, they have taught me how to be a good sister; and most ________, a better person — a more patient person, who would not be ________ by their endless questions; a(n) ________ person, who would be able to have fun and share with others; a role model, who ________ the babies ideas about right and wrong.

When my mother passed away a few years ago, my father was left alone in the large house they had _______ for 50 years. Without her to watch out for him, he was _______ about who would find him and _______ if something happened.

My sister and I live in other states, so we _______ the idea that Dad could send us a(n)_______every morning when he awoke. Thus was _______ the Morning Report.

He’s usually up at the break of dawn, and his half a dozen or so sentences are _______ in my inbox when I_______, although there is a two-hour time difference. _______ there’s no email, I call him, or my sister does, to make sure everything is ________. The reports have become more than a daily ________, though: They’re a diary of sorts, a planning tool, a catalyst (催化剂) for more extended conversation, and a source of insight into his life.

________ them, Dad tells us about his daily life. He might be heading to the store for bananas, going to his exercise class, or having lunch with friends.

Each e-mail ________ with “All my love, Dad.” When my mother was ________, that emotion was normally ________ for her. Now that she is gone, he shares those feelings and his experiences with us. For me, what started as a ________ security measure has led to a deeper________.

I’m ________ my father is still able to manage hiscomputer and the Internet. I know the day will comewhen he’ll no longer be able to ________the reports, and we’ll have to find other ways to stay in touch. Butuntil then they are our way of knowing that another________day has begun.

I was in France to visit my grandmother. To make her know how _________ she was, I cooked for her, and read her stories. I gave her a foot massage (按摩), which I was _________ to discover that was her first ever!

Before leaving, I was looking for a(n)_________ to leave something meaningful behind. So I wrote her five different love notes to let her know how much she _________ to me, and hid them in different places where I knew she'd _________ find them. One was put on her pillow. One was put beside the lamp by which she _________ read in the evening. Another one was put beside her toothbrush. One was put in her _________ she eagerly checked every day. And the last one was put on her car's steering wheel (方向盘).

I left with _________, knowing that these cards would surely _________ her up after I left. She __________ me as I was travelling back to Paris to catch my plane back to the US and said, “I found your three cards! By the time I __________ the third, I was laughing out loud! They did me so much __________ Thank you so much!” I __________ to myself, knowing she __________ had two more to go! It was Sunday, so my __________ was that she hadn’t checked her mailbox and hadn’t yet driven her car!

As I was sitting on the plane back to the United States, I __________ that one of my friends’ guiding principles is to __________ like his family. So I was thinking about ways to __________ that in different settings, including on a plane ride. I __________ that on my next flight, I’d bring and write five anonymous appreciation cards for different people on the plane, including the pilot who probably doesn’t get __________ enough for taking us safely to our destination.